Individual Details
Samuel Fuller Sr.
(Abt 1612 - 31 Oct 1683)
Samuel came to New England as a boy with his parents in 1620, a passenger on the Mayflower. He was left an orphan soon after the arrival of the ship at Plymouth,
Massachusetts. Samuel was taken in and cared for by his Uncle Samuel Fuller the physician, who also came over on the Mayflower in 1620. Uncle Samuel and his wife Bridget Mary Lee Fuller gave him "loving care and affection" throughout his first years in the colony, and Samuel remembered him generously in his will, proved October 28, 1633. Uncle Samuel was a deacon of the Plymouth church for the colony as well as their surgeon. He would die during an outbreak of the plague in 1633.
Samuel Fuller, "the younger," shared in the division of lands in the colony. In 1623 he received three acres on the south side of the "town brook, to the woodward," including what is now Watsons Hill. His neighbors were John Howland, Stephen Hopkins, Edward
Winslow, and Gilbert Winslow. He became a freeman of the colony in 1634, and settled in the nearby town of Scituate,
He married Jane Lothrop (Lowthrop) on Apr. 8, 1635 at Scituate, in Mr. Cudworth’s house with Captain Miles Standish as magistrate. Jane was the daughter of Rev. John Lothrop, pastor of the Scituate church. Samuel Fuller joined the church of Scituate on Nov. 7 1636, having receiving his letter of dismissal from the church at Plymouth. The year following Samuel and Jane's marriage, in 1636, they built a house, "the fifteenth one to be erected in Scituate," on Greenfield street. Mr. Lothrop, who was used to a richer, collegiate life in England, described the settlers dwellings in Scituate as "small plaine pallizadse Houses." Elsewhere he describes them as "meane" and as booths. They were open and cold, in the winter a high piled fire had to be constantly kept burning. All the villagers houses were alike; the walls were made of poles filled between with stones and clay, the roof thatched, the chimney to the mantle of rough stone, and above of cob-work, the windows of oiled paper, and the floors of hand-sawed planks. Samuel had 20 acres of land, probably a grant from the town. Sam was a constable and also served as a juryman and on committees to settle difficulties with the Indians.
In 1639, Rev. Mr. Lothrop, and many members of his church removed and founded the town of Barnstable, probably at that time the most easterly settlement on Cape Cod. Samuel Fuller and his family followed at some point, for sure by 1650. Samuel's brother, Captain Matthew Fuller, also came to Barnstable about this time. Together they purchased from the Indian Secunke, that portion of Scorton or Sandy Neck, which lies within the town of Barnstable. Samuel Fuller also bought other lands and lived in the northwest angle of the town, in a secluded spot where few had occasion to pass. He was eminently pious and retired in his habits and not much mentioned in public affairs, but his name appears as constable at Scituate, and as a juryman or on committees to settle difficulties with the Indians at Barnstable. He was the only one of the Mayflower passengers to settle permanently at Barnstable and one of the last survivors of that company. He died October 31, 1683, and was buried, if not on his own estate, in the ancient burial place at Lothrop Hill, in Barnstable, near the site of the first meeting-house.
Samuel and Jane had at least 9 children.
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Plymouth Colony Records, Court Orders, 1678-1691, pp. 46,7.:
"These psents witnes an agreement between Samuell Fuller.Æ Senior, of
Barnstable, on the one pte. and Steven Skiffe, of Sandwich, on the other
pte, in manor and forme following:-
Videleccett, the said Samuell Fuller condecendeth, agreeth, and
concludeth, by these p'sents, to relinquish to the said Steven Skiffe and
the towne of Sandwich, and for himselfe, his heires, executors and
adminnestrators, doth for ever quit claime all the right, title, and
interest which hee hath, or pretended to have, ought or might have at
Scuton, without the bounds of Barnstable and within the bounds of
Sandwich; and the said Samuell doth alsoe declare judgment of some lands
on the said scauton, within the bounds of Sandwich, to belonge to the
Fullers, about which there hath bin soe much contest heertofore, to be
made null and void, &c.
In witnes wherof they have hereunto sett theire hands, this 30th of June
1680.
Samuell Fuller.
Steven Skiffe.
in the p'sence of
Thoms Hinckley, Deputy Gou,
Mary Hinckley"
ÆSaid to have been the son of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower.
Massachusetts. Samuel was taken in and cared for by his Uncle Samuel Fuller the physician, who also came over on the Mayflower in 1620. Uncle Samuel and his wife Bridget Mary Lee Fuller gave him "loving care and affection" throughout his first years in the colony, and Samuel remembered him generously in his will, proved October 28, 1633. Uncle Samuel was a deacon of the Plymouth church for the colony as well as their surgeon. He would die during an outbreak of the plague in 1633.
Samuel Fuller, "the younger," shared in the division of lands in the colony. In 1623 he received three acres on the south side of the "town brook, to the woodward," including what is now Watsons Hill. His neighbors were John Howland, Stephen Hopkins, Edward
Winslow, and Gilbert Winslow. He became a freeman of the colony in 1634, and settled in the nearby town of Scituate,
He married Jane Lothrop (Lowthrop) on Apr. 8, 1635 at Scituate, in Mr. Cudworth’s house with Captain Miles Standish as magistrate. Jane was the daughter of Rev. John Lothrop, pastor of the Scituate church. Samuel Fuller joined the church of Scituate on Nov. 7 1636, having receiving his letter of dismissal from the church at Plymouth. The year following Samuel and Jane's marriage, in 1636, they built a house, "the fifteenth one to be erected in Scituate," on Greenfield street. Mr. Lothrop, who was used to a richer, collegiate life in England, described the settlers dwellings in Scituate as "small plaine pallizadse Houses." Elsewhere he describes them as "meane" and as booths. They were open and cold, in the winter a high piled fire had to be constantly kept burning. All the villagers houses were alike; the walls were made of poles filled between with stones and clay, the roof thatched, the chimney to the mantle of rough stone, and above of cob-work, the windows of oiled paper, and the floors of hand-sawed planks. Samuel had 20 acres of land, probably a grant from the town. Sam was a constable and also served as a juryman and on committees to settle difficulties with the Indians.
In 1639, Rev. Mr. Lothrop, and many members of his church removed and founded the town of Barnstable, probably at that time the most easterly settlement on Cape Cod. Samuel Fuller and his family followed at some point, for sure by 1650. Samuel's brother, Captain Matthew Fuller, also came to Barnstable about this time. Together they purchased from the Indian Secunke, that portion of Scorton or Sandy Neck, which lies within the town of Barnstable. Samuel Fuller also bought other lands and lived in the northwest angle of the town, in a secluded spot where few had occasion to pass. He was eminently pious and retired in his habits and not much mentioned in public affairs, but his name appears as constable at Scituate, and as a juryman or on committees to settle difficulties with the Indians at Barnstable. He was the only one of the Mayflower passengers to settle permanently at Barnstable and one of the last survivors of that company. He died October 31, 1683, and was buried, if not on his own estate, in the ancient burial place at Lothrop Hill, in Barnstable, near the site of the first meeting-house.
Samuel and Jane had at least 9 children.
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Plymouth Colony Records, Court Orders, 1678-1691, pp. 46,7.:
"These psents witnes an agreement between Samuell Fuller.Æ Senior, of
Barnstable, on the one pte. and Steven Skiffe, of Sandwich, on the other
pte, in manor and forme following:-
Videleccett, the said Samuell Fuller condecendeth, agreeth, and
concludeth, by these p'sents, to relinquish to the said Steven Skiffe and
the towne of Sandwich, and for himselfe, his heires, executors and
adminnestrators, doth for ever quit claime all the right, title, and
interest which hee hath, or pretended to have, ought or might have at
Scuton, without the bounds of Barnstable and within the bounds of
Sandwich; and the said Samuell doth alsoe declare judgment of some lands
on the said scauton, within the bounds of Sandwich, to belonge to the
Fullers, about which there hath bin soe much contest heertofore, to be
made null and void, &c.
In witnes wherof they have hereunto sett theire hands, this 30th of June
1680.
Samuell Fuller.
Steven Skiffe.
in the p'sence of
Thoms Hinckley, Deputy Gou,
Mary Hinckley"
ÆSaid to have been the son of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1612 | England, United Kingdom | |||
| Marriage | 8 Apr 1635 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America - Jane Lothropp\ Lathrop |  |  | |
| Will | 29 Oct 1683 | Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Death | 31 Oct 1683 | Barnstable, Massachusetts, British America | | | |
| DNA test | 28 Aug 2023 | |
Families
| Spouse | Jane Lothropp\ Lathrop (1614 - 1683) |
| Child | Hannah Fuller (1635 - 1685) |
| Child | Samuel Fuller Jr. (1637 - 1691) |
| Child | Elizabeth Fuller (1640 - 1683) |
| Child | Sarah Fuller (1641 - 1651) |
| Child | Mary Fuller (1644 - 1720) |
| Child | Thomas Fuller (1651 - 1660) |
| Child | Sarah Fuller (1654 - ) |
| Child | John Fuller Sr. (1655 - 1726) |
| Child | Fuller (1658 - 1658) |
| Father | Edward Fuller (1575 - 1621) |
| Mother | Ann? ( - 1621) |
| Sibling | Captain Matthew Fuller (1603 - 1678) |
Notes
Marriage
The ceremony took place at Mr. Cudworth's and was performed by Miles Standish.Will
The Will and Inventory Of Samuel Fuller (Edward1)(from the Mayflower Descendant, vol. 2 (1900), pp. 237-241.)
Transcribed from the original records, by George Ernest Bowman Samuel 2 Fuller (Edward 1) died at Barnstable, 31 October (10 November),
1683. His will and inventory are recorded in the Plymouth Colony Wills and
Inventories, Volume IV, Part II, pages 138 and 139.
[P. 138] The last Will and Testament of Samuell ffuller of Barnstable Late
Deceased Exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the fift of June 1684 on the
oath of Capt : Josepth Laythorp and Mr Samuell Allin as followeth The nine
and twentyeth Day of October in the yeer of our Lord one thousand six
hundred eighty and three; I Samuell ffuller senir of the Towne of - Barnstable
in the Govrment of New Plymouth being ancient and very weake in
body but of good and Compitent memory thankes be unto allmighty God;
and Calling to remembrance the uncertaine state of this transitory life and
that all fflesh muste yeild unto Death when it shall please God to Call, Doe
make ordaine and & Constitute & Declare this my last will.and Testament in
Manor and form following;
Revoking and Anulling by these presents all and every Testament and
Testaments will and wills heertofore by mee made and declared either by
word or wrighting; and this to be taken onely for my last will and Testament
and none other, and first I give and Comitt my soule unto almighty God my
Saviour in whom and by the merritts of Jesus Christ I trust and beleive assuredly
to be saved; and my body to the earth; from whence it was taken to be buried in such Decent and Christian manor as to my executors heerafter Named shalbe thought meet
and Convenient; and Now for the settleing of my temporall estate and such
goods Cattles and Debts as it hath pleased god farr above my Deserts to
bestow upon mee; I Doe order Give and Dispose the same in Manor and
forme following; That is to say first I will that all those Debts and Dutyes as
I owe in right or Consience to any manor of prson or prsons whatsoever
shalbe well and truely Contented and payed or ordained to be payed within
Convenient time after my Decease by my executors heerafter Named;
Item I Give and bequeath unto my eldest son Samuell ffuller two prsells
of Marsh one of them I bought of Mr Samuell house Deceased and the
other I bought of Captaine Matthew ffuller Deceased that hee had of mr John
ffreeman;
Item I give and bequeath to my son John ffuller four acrees of Marsh
and one halfe which I bought of Peter Blossome
Item I Give and bequeath that prsell of Marsh that lyes by Ralph Jones,
his Marsh, To my two sones Samuell ffuller and John ffuller to be equally
Devided betwixt and one prsell of Marsh that lyeth on this side Scoton
ffeildes to be Devided as abovesaid and the angle Lotts of Marsh att
Scoton point to be equally Devided between them alsoe the Eelcreik Lott of
Marsh to be alike Devided as above specifyed and the Lott of Marsh att
Sandy neck upon the same accoumpt alsoe; and all my upland upon Scoton
Neck to be equally Devided betwixt them as the other above Mensioned.
Item I give to my son Samuell ffuller all my upland that lyeth above my
uppermost ffeild and to range quite Crosse my land upon one and the same
lyne as the uppermost ffence as my upmost feild Now ranges, but alwaies to
allow Cart wayes to the Comons into the Comons for his brother John ffuller
his heires and assignes
Item I give and bequeath unto my son John fuller my now Dwellinghouse
orchyard and all out housing and all the rest of my Upland wherever it doth
lye, but alwaies to allow a Cart way into the meddowes for his brother
Samuell ffuller his heires and assignes.
Item I Give and bequeath to my son John ffuller one three yeer old horse
runing in the woods;
Item I Give and bequeath to my son Samuell ffuller two mares runing in the
woods;
Item I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Tayler five pound in Mony and two
cowes;
Item I Give unto my Daughter hannah Bonham four pounds in Money and two
Cowes;
Item I Give unto my Daughter Mary Williams four pound in Money and two
Cowes
Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Crowe four pounds in Mony
and two Cowes
Item I Give and bequeath unto my four Daughters hannah Bonham Mary
Williams Elizabeth Tayler and Sarah Crow all my houshold Stuffe to be
equally Dvided betwixt them
Item I Give and bequeath to my son John ffuller the Indian Jaell; my
prte in the oxen the Cart and plow and the Cart and plow Geares and working
tooles and one fatt Cow that is to kill and my bald faced horse; and my
Great bible;
Item I Give and bequeath to my two sones Samuell ffuller and John ffuller
all the rest of my Neat Cattle to be Devided To my son Samuell one third
prte; and to my son John ffuller the other,- two third prtes therof; and all my
sheep to be equally Devided betwixt them;
Item I Give and bequeath to my son Samuell ffuller ten pounds in mony
which hee now owes to mee and hath now hath it alredy; and all the rest of
my estate in what kind soever it be I Give and bequeath it to my two sones
Samuell ffuller and John ffuller; to be Devided to my son Samuell ffuller one
third prte thetof and to my son John ffuller the other two third prtes therof,
and by these prsents make ordaine & Declare the above said Samuell and
John ffuller the execu- tors of this my last Will and Testament; In Witness
wherof I the said Samuell ffuller have heerunto sett my hand and seale the
Date above written;
Witnesse
Joseph Laythorp Samuell ffuller and a seal
Samuell Allin
Captaine Joseph Laythorpe made oth as a witnes to this will before the
Court held att Plymouth the fift of March 1683/84
Mr Samuell Allin Made oath as a witnes to this Will above written this
10th of March 1683/84 before mee Barnabas Laythorpe Assistant
[p. 139] A true Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credetts
o(f) Samuell ffuller senir late of the Towne of Barnstable in the Govrment of
New Plymouth in New England Deceased praysed att his house in Barnstable
aforsaid the 14 Day of November in the year of our Lord 1683 by Joseph
Laytborpe and Jededia Jones as followeth;
Impri his apparrell 08 08 00
Item in Cash 17 07 00
Item in 3 Guns amunition shooe
Nailes & a peece of Lether 02 09 00
Item in Lynnin 03 10 00
Item in pewter and ten 02 05 00
Item in brasse 02 05 06
Item in trayes Chem a tubb and a spoon and an
old warming pan 00 17 06
Item Iron potts tonges slice frying pan and Candlesticke 01 19 00
Item a Cobbord old Chists a box & and bedsteed 03 15 00
Item tables and Chaires bottles & old Gridjron 00 17 00
Item looking Lanthorne & buccett 00 05 06
Item a feather bed bolster and two pillowes three
blanketts a Coverlid & 2 ruggs 07 00 00
Item a peece of New holland other peaces of linnin serge
and Cotton and a remnant of homade Cloth 02 18 00
Item a Shirt Capps yarne sisers thrid 00 10 03
Item 2 seives a hatt and a tray 00 06 00
Item in beese and hunny 01 00 00
Item in old Cask basketts beer barrells a rundleit 00 12 00
Item in Corn in the & in the barne 03 10 00
Item in Corne in the Cribb 03 07 00
Item in butter and Cheese 04 00 00
Item in beefe and pork tallow & hyde & hoggs fatt 05 00 00
Item in sheeps woole feathers Tobbaco baggs
earthen Dish brimston 01 09 00
Item in Neat Cattle 27 00 00
Item in Sheep 04 00 00
Item in swine 00 15 00
Item in horse kind 04 10 00
Item the Cart wheels plow Irons & Gears
theranto belonging - 01 13 00
Item saddle bridle and horse Geares 00 08 06
Item Sheep Sheers adds & other tooles 00 09 00
These sumes underneath are brought to the Inventor the 25 of ffebruary
1683 Apprised by Jedediah Jones above Mensioned Coming not to mind before;
Item in boards att 01 07 00
Item in a hatchell 00 05 00
Item in skines a paire of Scales 00 05 00
Item in bookes 01 04 00
Item in Geese 00 13 00
Item an old tecken att 00 05 00
the totall is 116 05 09
The lands & housing not prised John ffuller made oath to the truth of
this Inventory this 25 day of ffebrewary 1683/84 before Thomas Hinckley
Govr; John Thacher. Assistant
Death
died Oct 31 - Nov 10, 1683DNA test
Susan D Slade Grossl writes:For all my Lockhart relatives.
A few weeks back I decided to find out once and for all if we are indeed descendants of Samuel Fuller the younger on the Mayflower, just as a lark as I don't really put much stock in it all. I submitted a form that went back 13 generations from me to Samuel Fuller and Jane Lathrop.
Today I got the results and yes, we are descendants of Samuel and Jane. Not that we have much of their DNA I'd think.
Anyway, I do have to prove from Mercy Fuller and David Lockhart down so will be contacting the Mayflower Society in Idaho to find out what exactly is needed.
Endnotes
1. Fuller, Hubert., The Fuller family in England and America. (Freeman, S.D.: Pine Hill Press, 1971, 373 pgs.), p. 24.
2. Henry Sweetser Burrage and Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909), 21; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/ : accessed 15 February 2016.
3. Baker, Ellen., Compiled research files on the descendants of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower. (Washington State: Ellen Baker,
4. Fuller, Hubert., The Fuller family in England and America. (Freeman, S.D.: Pine Hill Press, 1971, 373 pgs.), p. 28-30.
5. Johnson, Caleb., Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Pages.
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6. Fuller, Hubert., The Fuller family in England and America. (Freeman, S.D.: Pine Hill Press, 1971, 373 pgs.), p. 24.
7. Henry Sweetser Burrage and Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909), 21; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/ : accessed 15 February 2016.